Ridgedale Board of Education Meeting

______Hamilton ______Hayden ______Park______Roberts ______Roush

0169.1 -PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS
The Board of Education recognizes the value to school governance of public comment on educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on school matters of community interest. The Board offers public participation to members of the public in accordance with the procedures below. The Board applies these procedures to all speakers and does not discriminate based on the identity of the speaker, content of the speech, or viewpoint of the speaker.

In order to permit the fair and orderly expression of such comment, the Board shall provide a period for public participation at every regular and special meeting of the Board and publish rules to govern such participation in Board meetings.

The presiding officer of each Board meeting at which public participation is permitted shall administer the rules of the Board for its conduct.

• The presiding officer shall be guided by the following rules:
• Public participation shall be permitted as indicated on the order of business.
• Attendees must register their intention to participate in the public portion of the meeting upon their arrival at the meeting.
• Individuals may not register others to speak during public participation.
• Participants must be recognized by the presiding officer and will be requested to preface their comments by an announcement of their name, address, and group affiliation, if and when appropriate.
• Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to five (5) minutes duration unless extended by the presiding officer.
• During the portion of the meeting designated for public participation, no participant may speak more than once on the same topic unless all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard.
• All statements shall be directed to the presiding officer; no person may address or question Board members individually.

The presiding officer may:

• interrupt, warn, or terminate a participant's session when they make comments that are repetitive, obscene, and/or comments that constitute a true threat (i.e., statements meant to frighten or intimidate one(1)or more specified persons into believing that they will be seriously harmed by the speaker or someone acting at the speaker's behest)
• request the assistance of law enforcement officers in the removal of a disorderly person when that person's conduct interferes with the conduct and/or orderly progress of the meeting;
• call for a recess or an adjournment to another time when the lack of public decorum so interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting as to warrant such action.
• The portion of the meeting during which the participation of the public is invited shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes per topic unless extended by a vote of the Board.

a. Facilities Update
b. Legislative Update

Items 6, 7, and 8, listed below under the Consent Agenda are considered by the Board to be routine and will be enacted by the Board in one motion in the form listed below. There will be no discussion of these items prior to the time the Board votes on the motion unless members of the Board, staff, or the public request specific items to be discussed and removed from the Consent Agenda. The Superintendent and administrative staff recommend approval of all Consent Agenda items.

a. Minutes of the May 19, 2025 Regular Board Meeting
b. Minutes of the May 22, 2025 Special Board Meeting

c. Minutes of the May 27, 2025 Special Board Meeting

May 2025 Bill List
May 2025 Financial Report
Recommend to approve the final fund level appropriations for FY25
Recommend to approve the final estimated resources for FY25

a. Recommend to approve the Marion County Interagency Agreement of Program Coordination and Transition Services.
b. Recommend to approve the spring estimate contract with NCOESC for 2025-26.

c. Recommend to approve the Preschool calendar for the 2025-26 school year. 

d. Recommend to enter an agreement with Ohio Guidestone to provide school-based behavioral health, consultation, and prevention as needed for the period of 8/1/25-7/31/26.

e. Recommend to approve services agreement with Specialized Education of Ohio, Inc. of Marion County (SESI) as needed for the 2025-26 school year.

f. Recommend to approve services agreement with Specialized Education of Ohio, Inc. of Bucyrus (SESI) as needed for the 2025-26 school year.

g. Recommend to employ Robin Townsend to an extended service contract for summer work as transportation supervisor, on an as needed basis, at her hourly rate of pay, up to and not to exceed 10 days. 

______Hamilton ______Hayden ______Park ______Roberts ______Roush

Recommend to  approve the following certified positions for one year limited contracts for the 2025-26 school year pending licensure verification and BCI/FBI clearance:

a.  Amy Corfman, jr/sr high band/choir, BA +150 Step 0

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Recommend to approve Tacy Courtright as Treasurer beginning August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. 

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Recommend to approve the Transportation Supervisor Contract Amendment for Robin Townsend. 

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Recommend to approve Shannon Large Tilley as Food Service Director for FY26-FY28. 

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Recommend to approve Tyler Clark to receive a stipend in the amount of $1,500.00 for coordination services for the Driver's Education Program.

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Resolution to approve the Ohio School Plan as the Ridgedale Local School District commercial insurance carrier effective 7/1/2025 through 7/1/2026 at a cost of $63,212.00.

_______Hamilton _______Hayden______Park _______Roberts _______Roush

Recommend to approve participation in the following Federal Grants for FY 2026:

Title I A - Improving Basic Programs, Title II-A Supporting Effective Instruction, Title IV-A Student Support and Academic Enrichment, Title V-B Rural and Low-Income, IDEA-B Special Education, IDEA Early Childhood Special Education, 21st Century, Agriculture Education 5th Quarter, Stronger Connections, Comprehensive Literacy State Development K-12, and E4E.

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WHEREAS, as a public board of education may hold an executive session only after a majority of a quorum of this board determines by a roll call vote to hold such a session and only at a regular or special meeting for the sole purpose of the consideration of any of the following matters:

1. To consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual.
2. To consider the purchase of property for public purposes or for the sale of property at competitive bidding.
3. Conferences with an attorney for the board of education concerning disputes involving the board of education that are the subject of pending or imminent court action.
4. Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment.
5. Matters required to be kept confidential by federal law or rules or state statutes.
6. Specialized details of security arrangements where disclosure of the matters discussed might reveal information that could be used for the purpose of committing or avoiding prosecution for a violation of the law.
Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ridgedale Local Board of Education, by a majority of the quorum present at this meeting, does hereby declare its intention to hold an executive session on item(s) as listed above.

_______Hamilton _______Hayden______Park _______Roberts _______Roush

Executive Session concluded at ____(if needed) and public session reconvened.

Other Board Directives/Initiatives:

The next meeting of the Ridgedale Board of Education will be the regular meeting on Monday, July 21, 2025, in the Ridgedale Board of Education meeting room at 5:30 p.m.

Motion to Adjourn

_______Hamilton _______Hayden______Park _______Roberts _______Roush